Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

Post by sspoisk » Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

Post by Jerry2 » Thu, May 28, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC

Gethsemane wrote: post #60

Jerry2 wrote: post #52

Awesome piece of software! Quick side question... does anyone have a recommendation for a DNA genotyping service that prioritizes privacy? I'm looking for a company that provides private results and doesn't add them to any sort of database (dystopian or otherwise). I'd love to get my DNA profile, but I'm concerned about privacy issues. :\

Ultimately you're not going to find a service that can guarantee privacy, but your best bet might be to extract DNA at home (though tricky without a centrifuge etc...) and submit it to a standard sequencing provider novogene, plasmidsaurus etc. Realistically, they'll hold onto the data for a couple of months as part of the order, then delete it to clear up space. A bunch of discordant sets of DNA sequence without met…